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Highway Technologies, Inc. Stays Connected With Global Crossing's IP Virtual Private Network
- Connects to 60 distribution and manufacturing centers throughout North America.
- Extends LAN connections seamlessly through secure, IP VPN service.
- Easily migrates to all-IP network as company continues to grow and add new locations.
Florham Park, N.J. - October 16, 2007 -- Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider, today announced Highway Technologies, Inc., a recognized leader in highway safety services and products, has selected Global Crossing's flagship Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) service to securely connect its 60 distribution and manufacturing centers throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Highway Technologies, Inc. provides comprehensive traffic control products and services to a wide spectrum of commercial and government industries.
"Highway Technologies, Inc. shares standard applications across our multinational organization, so having extremely reliable and secure IP connections for all our communication needs is critical," said Ted Ott, CIO of Highway Technologies, Inc. "Global Crossing's private IP network not only provides the high level of security our sensitive applications require, but it also brought our entire network, which consists of 60 nodes across the United States, on net in less than 60 days."
Highway Technologies, Inc. connects to Global Crossing's IP VPN MPLS network to securely transmit customer personal billing information and software applications throughout its international locations. By using Global Crossing's private backbone instead of the public Internet, Highway Technologies, Inc. and its customers are guaranteed superior service, reliability and security.
"A global, scalable IP VPN that supports prompt, seamless addition of new locations at a moment's notice is a key requirement of each of Highway Technologies' distribution and manufacturing centers throughout North America," said Dan Wagner, executive vice president of enterprise and collaboration services. "As the company continues to grow and add new facilities, our MPLS network will empower it to seamlessly migrate its network to an all-IP environment at its own pace, without disrupting existing network infrastructure."
Global Crossing's ability to ease enterprises' migration from legacy networks to converged IP services is a key benefit for customers. Global Crossing can nimbly and flexibly deliver communications services, while customers shift to a next-generation solution at their own pace. Global Crossing's infrastructure is backed by physical and network safeguards combined with processes and tools to deliver on unprecedented standards of security accreditation. Multiple, independent layers of security ensure overall integrity, resulting in increased network availability, improved productivity, and increased uptime.
Global Crossing's IP VPN offers global reach, scalable connectivity, greater security, multiple access options and flexible billing options that simplify the customer experience by allowing customers to focus on core business objectives rather than network management. An IP VPN is the network of choice for a fully managed converged IP solution supporting data, voice, video and multimedia applications over a single IP-based platform. IP VPNs give customers more network control, while lowering total cost of ownership.
ABOUT HIGHWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Highway Technologies, Inc. is proud to be recognized as the leader in highway safety services and products. With over 50 branch locations throughout North America, the company specializes in a wide variety of products and services. The company provides the rental, sale, and installation of temporary and permanent traffic control devices, equipment, pavement markings, and contractor supplies. Highway Technologies, Inc. is the nation's best choice for comprehensive traffic control solutions.
ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING
Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC) provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network connects more than 390 cities in more than 30 countries worldwide, and delivers services to more than 600 cities in more than 60 countries and 6 continents around the globe. The company's global sales and support model matches the network footprint and, like the network, delivers a consistent customer experience worldwide.
Global Crossing IP services are global in scale, linking the world's enterprises, governments and carriers with customers, employees and partners worldwide in a secure environment that is ideally suited for IP-based business applications, allowing e-commerce to thrive. The company offers a full range of data, voice and security products to approximately 40 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs. Its Professional Services and Managed Solutions provide VoIP, security and network consulting and management services to support its Global Crossing IP VPN service and Global Crossing VoIP services. Global Crossing was the first -- and remains the only -- global communications provider with IPv6 natively deployed in both its private and public backbone networks.
Please visit www.globalcrossing.com or blogs.globalcrossing.com for more information about Global Crossing.
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